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• a variation of Wilfred.

Wilfrid

British  

/ ˈwɪlfrɪd /

noun

1. Saint. 634–709 _ad , English churchman; bishop of York (?663–?703). At the Synod of Whitby (664) he argued successfully that Celtic practices should be replaced by Roman ones in the English Church. Feast day: Oct 12

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“It’s absolutely dreadful,” said Wilfrid Sammut, an emergency room doctor in Versailles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The returning Robert Baloucoune scored a superb try for brief respite, but Baptiste Erdocio and Wilfrid Hounkpatin responded in brutal fashion to end any faint hopes of a comeback.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“Gen Z has been fueling this movement toward a lot of things,” said Melise Panetta, a marketing lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2025

For the new research, biologist Jennifer Baltzer of Canada's Wilfrid Laurier University and her colleagues used these data to choose nine overwinter sites for a closer look at the soil and vegetation involved.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023

But Wilfrid Sheed, an American novelist and essayist, penned a comment just before the match ended that many would later regard as prescient.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady